súgán

/ ˈsuːɡɑːn /

noun

1. a straw rope

2. a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns

Word History and Origins

Origin of súgán¹

Irish Gaelic

Example Sentences

Sugan Selvarajan was jailed for a total of 14 years for wounding with intent and violent disorder.

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And Tearlach Ban MacGiolla, The piper of Gort, was there, And he sat and he dreamed apart In the arms of a sugan chair.

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He ducked his head, and raised his shoulders every time he made a dive at their hands, lifting his feet high, like the Irishman that "rose upon sugan, and sunk upon gad."

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The “sugan” earl’s brother John, who had joined in his rebellion, escaped into Spain, and left a son Gerald, who appears to have assumed the title and was known as the Conde de Desmond.

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When the brigadier died, Sugan put on her wedding dress of red silk, threaded with gold, and tied jasmine and gold ornaments into her black and lustrous hair.

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